Bubble Boy

Bubble Boy
Premiere date	January 9, 2004
Starring	Catherine Cavadini Tara Strong E.G. Daily Tom Kane Tom Kenny Roger L. Jackson Rob Paulsen
Music composed by	James L. Venable Thomas Chase Steve Rucker
Story by	Lauren Faust Craig Lewis Craig McCracken John McIntyre Randy Myers Amy Keating Rogers Chris Savino
Writer(s)	Cindy Morrow
Storyboard artist(s)	Cindy Morrow
Director(s)	Randy Myers Collette Sunderman (voices)
Animation director(s)	James Tim Walker
Art director(s)	Paul Stec
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"Bubble Boy" is the ninth episode (part two) of The Powerpuff Girls season five, and the sixtieth overall. It aired on January 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network. It was written by Cindy Morrow, directed by Randy Myers, and voice directed by Collette Sunderman.

Memorable quotes

Narrator: The city of Townsville sure has been taking a beating. Why, you might even get popped for a pop.

Narrator: And so, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Tom Kenny
Brick	Rob Paulsen
Butch	Roger L. Jackson
Boomer	Roger L. Jackson
Blossom Utonium	Catherine Cavadini
Buttercup Utonium	E.G. Daily
Bubbles Utonium	Tara Strong
Boy	Rob Paulsen
Professor Utonium	Tom Kane
Fuzzy Lumpkins	N/A
Astronaut	Roger L. Jackson
Albert Einstein (poster)	N/A

Organizations

• Rowdyruff Boys
• Powerpuff Girls
• NASAW

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Pokey Oaks County
      • Townsville
        • Malph's
        • Townsville Park
        • Utonium residence
        • Townsville Forest
          • Fuzzy's residence
        • Townsville Hall
        • Townsville Stadium

Objects

• Containment ray

Vehicles

• None

Production

Filming

The episode was copyrighted in 2003.

Music

The main title theme and music were composed by James L. Venable, Thomas Chase, and Steve Rucker. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington were also credited for providing additional music. The end title song was performed by Bis. The music editor was Joe Privitelli.

Crew credits

• Storyboard artist: Cindy Morrow
• Producer: Chris Savino
• Line producer: Kelly Crews
• Production coordinators: Jackie Buscarino, Carolyn Shaushkin
• Production assistant: Erik Elizarrez
• Supervising animation director: Robert Alvarez
• Overseas animation directors: Chang Yul Chung, Jong Ho Kim
• Outline editor: Amy Keating Rogers
• Story by: Lauren Faust, Craig Lewis, Craig McCracken, John McIntyre, Randy Myers, Amy Keating Rogers, Chris Savino
• Character supervisor: Andrew Bialk
• Prop designer: Christopher Battle
• Clean-up artists: Dana Jo Granger, Cathlin Hidalgo
• Storyboard clean-up artist: Nate Cash
• Background design supervisor: Justin Thompson
• Background paint supervisor: Christopher Roszak
• Background painter: Martin Ansolabehere
• Color stylist: Karen Greslie
• Animation checker: Sandra J. Benenati
• Digital effects artist: Stephen Jennings
• Casting director: Collette Sunderman
• Talent coordinator: Karie Gima Pham
• Recording engineer: Robert Serda
• Track reader: Slightly Off-Track
• Overseas production facility: Rough Draft Studios
• Picture editor: Robert Gibis
• Dialogue editor: Jim Hearn
• Color correction facility: Matchframe Video
• Colorist: Rick Taylor
• Sound editor: Twenty-First Century Entertainment
• Re-recording mixers: Timothy J. Borquez, Eric Freeman, Hacienda Post
• Post production coordinator: Alicia Parkinson
• Production estimator: Cecilia Rheins
• Supervising producer for Cartoon Network Studios: Brian A. Miller
• Director of production for Cartoon Network Studios: Jennifer Pelphrey
• Executives in charge of production at Cartoon Network: Linda Simensky, Andrea Lopez
• Executive producer: Craig McCracken

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 9, 2004 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• NASAW is a parody of NASA.

Errors

• Prop designers is listed as plural, but only Christopher Battle is credited.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • January 20, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series: 10th Anniversary Collection on DVD.
• In Australia:
  • December 2, 2015: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: The Complete Series on DVD.
  • October 17, 2018: Madman Entertainment releases The Powerpuff Girls: 20th Anniversary Edition on DVD.